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Associated General Contractors of America Also Recognizes Hensel Phelps, Gilbane Building Company, Battaglia Associates, Inc.; and Bermudez Longo Díaz Massó, LLC for their Diversity & Inclusion Programs Austin’s Spire Consulting Group was named as the 2023 Diverse Business of the Year award winner by the Associated General Contractors of America, association officials announced today. The association also…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                            Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Leading Florida Construction Association Announces Passage of Its 2023 Priority Bill To Curtail Abusive Litigation Against Contractors Tallahassee — The Florida Associated General Contractors Council (Florida AGC Council) is pleased to announce that its priority bill for 2023 (SB 360) has now passed the Florida Legislature. This…

Hensel Phelps Wins AGC-WTW Construction Safety Excellence Awards Grand Prize as 47 Other Companies Win Awards for Quality Construction Safety & Health Programs Hensel Phelps was recognized for having the nation’s top construction safety and health program in 2022 by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The association, which oversees the prestigious AGC-WTW Construction Safety…

Texas and Rhode Island Top List of Yearly Gains, While West Virginia Lags with Number and Percent of Losses; California, Minnesota, Rhode Island Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While Tennessee and Hawaii Trail Construction employment increased in 45 states in February from a year earlier, while 24 states added construction jobs from January to February, according…

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Janesville-Beloit, Wisc. Have Largest 12-Month Gains, While Monroe, Mich., Lake Charles, La., and Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, Calif. Experience Worst Year-over-Year Declines Construction employment increased in 306 of 358 metro areas between January 2022 and January 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials urged officials in…

Large Increases Hit Price Indexes for Flat Glass, Metals, Cement, and Paving Materials; Association Officials Urge Federal Leaders to Ease Proposed Rules that Will Make Products Even More Expensive The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction increased by 0.4 percent from January to February, outpacing the 0.1 percent increase in contractors’ bid…

Texas and Montana Top List of Yearly Gains, While West Virginia Has Largest Number and Percent of Losses; Indiana and Iowa Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While California and West Virginia Have Largest Decreases Construction employment climbed in 45 states in January from a year earlier, while 42 states added construction jobs from December to January,…

Total Construction Employment Hits New Record High as Average Pay in the Sector Hits $33.57 an Hour, But Construction Officials Warn that Labor Shortages Will Make it Hard for Firms to Expand Further Construction firms added 24,000 employees in February, as hefty pay raises for hourly workers enabled the industry to increase employment more steeply…

AGC Charities Inc.’s Annual Operation Opening Doors Project Involved Contractors from Across the Country who Donated Time, Materials & Money to Help Repaint the Gym that Serves the Local Community HENDERSON, NEVADA – AGC Charities Inc. and the Construction Leadership Council of the Nevada Contractors Association teamed up to lead dozens of volunteers to make…

Construction Association Calls on Officials in Washington to Speed Up Issuance of Guidance on ‘Buy America’ Rules for Construction Materials and Energy Projects Eligible for Tax Credits Total construction spending decreased by 0.1 percent in January, as declines in single-family homebuilding and public construction offset marginal gains from private nonresidential construction, according to an analysis by…